Asylum and integration
One important Norwegian People’s Aid objective is to bring about a stop to all kinds of structural racism, that is to say racism that affects people through laws, regulations and routines. As part of both our local and nationwide activities, we undertake long-term attitude-changing work to prevent racism and contribute to integration.
On an international basis, Norwegian People’s Aid has also long been combating violence against women. We aim to bring this problem into focus in Norwegian society too.
We are very much involved in ongoing work concerning refugees’ living conditions and rights in Norway and endeavour to ensure that asylum seekers are themselves able to advance their needs and rights.
We run refugee reception centres within a framework laid down by the state. By means of political lobbying, we promote humane refugee policy and work to improve both the framework for reception centre operations and the appurtenant service provision for residents. We work to ensure that unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have adequate guardian provision and wish to establish a nationwide apparatus for the recruitment, training and follow-up of guardians. We aim to strengthen voluntary involvement both in and around reception centres. Norwegian People’s Aid also undertakes lobbying work in relation to groups that we believe to have inadequate protection. We demand that all people living in the country have a worthy existence.
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